Universal App System Headed To Microsoft Xbox

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This morning Microsoft announced a new “universal” application method that would allow apps to be built for both Windows and Windows Phone. The goal here is to write code once, and then almost deploy it verbatim on both platforms — different screen sizes do demand slight modification.

Microsoft then announced that in the future, it would extend the universal app setup to its Xbox console. The Xbox One also leans on the shared Windows core. To see it therefore brought under the Windows dev structure is not surprising.

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OverviewMicrosoft is an American multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics and personal computers and services. Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, Microsoft Office office suite, and Internet Explorer web browser. Its flagship hardware products are Xbox game console and the Microsoft …